Minidoka Swing Band Roberta (Robbie) Tsuboi 1949-2010:
The Minidoka Swing Band has lost their band creator. It was her insight to form a band as a tribute to the WWII Japanese Internees and the music they listened to during their internment years. She was our inspiration and leader. She involved her Unite People JACL Youth Group and invited them to join the band as band members and dancers to travel on a Pilgrimage to the Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho in 2008 as a way to remember what their parents, grandparents and other family members had to endure. We shall never forget her leadership, her energy and her insight. She was as beautiful on the inside and she was on the outside. She fought a brave 8 month battle with cancer, but lost that battle to move to a better place. Thank you Robbie for all you have done to make this place we live in a better world for everyone.
We have had a few people ask about making a donation to the Minidoka Swing Band in remembrance of Robbie. We will accept any donations in her honor to keep her dream alive. This is “one” of her dreams, to keep the band going and to continue its journey, honoring WWII Japanese American Internees and the music they loved. It is a great remembrance, let us never forget. If you wish to make a donation, make it out to “Minidoka Swing Band” and please send it to:
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C/O Laura Baxter
1968 SE Bush St.
Hillsboro, OR 97123
Thank you for all you wonderful remembrances of Robbie.